THE LATEST PASOLD VOLUME PART OF THE PASOLD/OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS SERIES:

Geoffrey Owen's new book, The Rise and Fall of Great Companies: Courtaulds and the reshaping of the man-made fibres industry, is being published by Pasold Research Fund and Oxford University Press on the 9 September 2010. It is the 17th volume in the series Pasold Studies in Textile History. 

For an overview of the themes covered in The Rise and Fall of Great Companies, please read Geoffrey Owen's article "When bigger is not necessarily better" published in the Financial Times on the 23 August 2010.

To coincide with publication the Department of Management at the London School of Economics will be holding a seminar on the 22 September 2010, from 6pm to 730pm, at which Geoffrey Owen will talk about the book. This will be followed by comments from two senior LSE academics, Professor Leslie Hannah and Professor John Sutton.Further details about the seminar can be obtained from Geoffrey Owen at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it